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Longing for Transcendent: Knowledge of God

08.02.2025 30

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Maj Gen R Muhammad Tahir

Longing for Transcendent: Teachings from Islamic mystical traditions

25.01.2025 40

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Maj Gen R Muhammad Tahir

Longing for Transcendent: Teachings from Islamic mystical traditions

10.01.2025 20

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Maj Gen R Muhammad Tahir

Longing for Transcendent: Teachings from Islamic mystical traditions

  FOR Rumi, ”Creative love or the urge to rejoin the spirit to divinity was the goal towards which everything moves. For lovers, God alone is their...

28.12.2024 2

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Maj Gen R Muhammad Tahir

Longing for Transcendent

“To God belong all that is in the East and in the West God’s is the place of sun rising and the place of sun setting So whichever way you turn...

14.12.2024 5

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Maj Gen R Muhammad Tahir

The philosophy of Maulana Rumi (1207-1273)

“There is a secret hidden in the heart of God’s people. That secret even Gabriel cannot find. Seek it. “Rumi RUMI tells us, man’s battle with...

29.11.2024 4

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Maj Gen R Muhammad Tahir

The philosophy of Maulana Rumi (1207-1273)

“When we are dead, seek not our tomb on earth, but find it in the hearts of men.” Rumi MAULANA uses love as GPS of God’s secrets. GPS is the...

15.11.2024 4

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Maj Gen R Muhammad Tahir

The Philosophy of Mewlana Jallaluddin Rumi (1207-1273)

  Whatever you conceive of God’s bounty, God transcends all that.’In Islamic mysticism, there are two types of death, dying voluntarily or dying...

08.11.2024 4

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Maj Gen R Muhammad Tahir

The Philosophy of Maulana Rumi (1207-1273)

“Radical love is love infinite. That’s why it’s a Divine God.” Rumi THE general theme of Rumi’s thought is essentially the concept of...

26.10.2024 3

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Maj Gen R Muhammad Tahir

The philosophy of Maulana Rumi (1207-1273)

“Everything on the Earth is perpetually vanishing, but the face of your cherishing Lord remains full of splendor and grace.” Qur’an According to...

19.10.2024 2

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Maj Gen R Muhammad Tahir

Rumi, Holy Qur’an and Islam

  “How do you ever expect for your heart to become polished like a mirror without putting up with the pain of polish?” —Rumi RUMI was also a well-...

12.10.2024 3

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Maj Gen R Muhammad Tahir

The philosophy of Maulana Rumi (1207-1273)

  “I profess the religion of love. Love is my religion and my faith. My mother is love, my father is love, my Prophet is love, and My God is love....

27.09.2024 1

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Maj Gen R Muhammad Tahir

The philosophy of Maulana Rumi (1207-1273)

  RUMI gives the analogy of a drop of water. When a drop of water is away from its source, the ocean, from where it originated, it is in constant...

20.09.2024 2

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Maj Gen R Muhammad Tahir

Philosophy of Maulana Rumi

  RUMI as Prophet of Love. Rumi belongs to a tradition of spiritually and mystically vibrant variety of Islam, which adamantly insisted that there...

13.09.2024 2

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Maj Gen R Muhammad Tahir

Philosophy of Maulana Rumi

  RUMI as Prophet of Love. Rumi belongs to a tradition of spiritually and mystically vibrant variety of Islam, which adamantly insisted that there...

13.09.2024 2

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Maj Gen R Muhammad Tahir

The philosophy of Maulana Rumi (1207-1273)

  IN Masanvi, Rumi narrates the story of Lalih Majnun. The King heard about the bewitching beauty of Lalih and desired to see her. Who is this, who...

05.09.2024 2

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Maj Gen R Muhammad Tahir

Playing with fire

WHEN you play with fire, your hands are likely to be burned. The severity of damage will be proportional to nature and ferocity of fire. Pakistan...

23.08.2024 3

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Maj Gen R Muhammad Tahir

An open letter to UNESCO

23.08.2024 2

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Maj Gen R Muhammad Tahir

Clicks of change: Social media’s impact on Pak

23.08.2024 2

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Maj Gen R Muhammad Tahir

Unconditional love with unmatched resilience

  IN every mother’s heart lies a unique strength, one that becomes even more pronounced when her child is different from the norm. Pakistan, a...

23.08.2024 3

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Maj Gen R Muhammad Tahir

Philosophy of Maulana Rumi (1207-1273)

  “Study me as much as you like, you will never know me, for I differ a hundred ways from what you see me to be. Put yourself behind my eyes, and...

23.08.2024 1

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Tarbela Dam nears maximum conservation level

LAHORE – The water level at the major reservoir Tarbela Dam is fast approaching the maximum conservation level due to significant monsoon rains in...

11.08.2024 2

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Maj Gen R Muhammad Tahir

The Holy Qur’an and the purpose of life

THE Holy Quran says, “Raise up in their midst a messenger amongst them, who shall recite unto them our signs and shall teach them the book and the...

10.08.2024 2

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Maj Gen R Muhammad Tahir

LDA demolishes infrastructure of illegal housing schemes in Lahore

LAHORE – The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) continued operation against illegal housing schemes/land subdivisions in Lahore. LDA Private...

28.07.2024 1

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Widespread monsoon rains predicated in Pakistan till July 31

ISLAMABAD – Widespread monsoon rains are predicted in Pakistan from July 28 to July 31 with occasional gaps. Per the Pakistan Meteorological...

28.07.2024 2

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Maj Gen R Muhammad Tahir

More monsoon rains, gusty winds likely in Lahore, parts of Punjab

21.07.2024 1

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Maj Gen R Muhammad Tahir

Karachi, Sindh weather update; more intermittent rains expected

21.07.2024 1

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Maj Gen R Muhammad Tahir

Rains of varying intensities likely in Peshawar, parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

21.07.2024 1

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Maj Gen R Muhammad Tahir